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Posted by JuJu Posts 24 Registered at 2008-12-24 09:50:12	2013-08-18 09:18:45 - Longest straight line on the sea?
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VpQwuGueeoA SOL race? Pakistan to Kamcatcha via the Capes... --- Last Edited by Colin Hammond at 2013-08-18 13:29:35 ---
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2013-08-18 09:53:43 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
	This looks interesting! Just the other day 76Trombones and hmm and a couple of others were talking about a long race ... perfect timing!!
Posted by JuJu Posts 24 Registered at 2008-12-24 09:50:12	2013-08-18 20:04:21 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
	How about an AC72 polar: http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=147158&page=4 22 knots upwind and 44 down ...
Posted by dikkehenk Posts 65 Registered at 2012-02-24 15:03:37	2013-08-30 19:53:29 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
	when do we start ?
Posted by dikkehenk Posts 65 Registered at 2012-02-24 15:03:37	2013-09-18 14:56:17 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
	Ha, can't wait for this race
Posted by Dana1 Posts 23 Registered at 2012-09-26 17:33:43	2013-09-27 09:30:23 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
	Would be a lot less painful to do it at least in part downwind from Russia to Pakistan. That AC72 polar looks good for this one.
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2013-09-29 18:23:00 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
	Would be good if someone would take on the responsibility of preparing a kmz or, at a minimum, the coords
Posted by dikkehenk Posts 65 Registered at 2012-02-24 15:03:37	2013-09-30 18:14:11 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
	here some markers : From the south coast of Balochistan province somewhere near Port of Karachi, Pakistan (25°25′N 66°25′E) across the Arabian Sea, south-west through Indian Ocean, near Comoros, passing Namaete Canyon, near the South Africa coastline, across the South Atlantic Ocean, then west across Cape Horn, then north-west across the Pacific Ocean, near Easter Island, passing the antipodal point, near Amlia island, through the South Bering Sea and ending somewhere on the east-north coast of Kamchatka, near Ossora (59°38′N 163°24′E). This route is almost 32,000 km (20,000 mi) long.(Map from gcmap) MAP And I agree with dana, from .ru to .pk would be nice, windwise. ______________ edited to make link out of url overlapping column --- Last Edited by dikkehenk at 2013-09-30 18:34:56 --- --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2013-09-30 18:57:41 ---
Posted by captjack1942 Posts 239 Registered at 2008-01-18 03:24:03	2013-10-01 20:40:27 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
	I think the winds would be more favorable traveling east, from Kamcatcha to Pakistan. There is a reason that most round the world races go west to east.
Posted by JakeS Posts 18 Registered at 2012-09-25 16:23:40	2013-10-02 16:56:09 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
	Would it be ok with this for the route? Attachments Longest.kmz (1.6 KB)

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